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An earthquake struck off the southeast coast of Taiwan on Monday, causing buildings to sway briefly but no casualties or damage. The temblor was felt at the site of a massive landslide in northern Taiwan but did not hamper rescue efforts.

The 6.5-magnitude quake hit at 10:59 a.m. (0259 GMT), 195 miles (295 kilometers) off the southern Taiwan city of Taitung at a depth of 6.2 miles (10 kilometers), the U.S. Geological Survey said. The agency’s initial report had put the quake’s magnitude at 6.9.

In Taipei, buildings swayed for up to 20 seconds when the quake hit, but police said there were no reports of casualties or damage anywhere on the island. No tsunami alert was issued.

In northern Keelung country, 18 miles (30 kilometers) northeast of Taipei, the tremor caused little new damage at the site of a massive landslide, police said. On Sunday, a hillside collapsed onto a three-lane highway following several days of rain, burying three cars.

Many of the hundreds of workers digging through the rubble felt the temblor but went on searching for the four passengers believed to have been buried in the cars, police said.

Earthquakes frequently rattle Taiwan but most are minor and cause little or no damage.

However, a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in central Taiwan in 1999 killed more than 2,300 people.

An earthquake struck off the southeast coast of Taiwan on Monday, causing buildings to sway briefly but no casualties or damage. The temblor was felt at the site of a massive landslide in northern Taiwan but did not hamper rescue efforts.

The 6.5-magnitude quake hit at 10:59 a.m. (0259 GMT), 195 miles (295 kilometers) off the southern Taiwan city of Taitung at a depth of 6.2 miles (10 kilometers), the U.S. Geological Survey said. The agency’s initial report had put the quake’s magnitude at 6.9.

In Taipei, buildings swayed for up to 20 seconds when the quake hit, but police said there were no reports of casualties or damage anywhere on the island. No tsunami alert was issued.

In northern Keelung county, 18 miles (30 kilometers) northeast of Taipei, the tremor caused little new damage at the site of a massive landslide, police said. On Sunday, a hillside collapsed onto a three-lane highway following several days of rain, burying three cars.

A MODERATE earthquake shook Western Australia today, seismologists said.

The earthquake hit the Goldfields this morning, closing the Kalgoorlie Super Pit and damaging buildings, PerthNow reported.

Geoscience Australia spokesman Chris Thompson said the quake struck at 8.17am and had a magnitude of 5.0.

There have been reports of house damage and the Golden Eagle hotel in Boulder has also been badly damaged.

Workers have also evacuated the Super Pit and other mines in the area.

An Education Department spokesman said Boulder Primary School had been evacuated and closed down for the day after suffering damage during the earthquake.

Building damage at Kalgoorlie School of the Air was also reported. The school has also been closed for the day.

Administration staffs at O’Connor Primary School were also forced to evacuate during the tremor due to building damage.

The Education Department spokesman said Kalgoorlie Primary School suffered little damage.

Mr. Thompson said the earthquake was on the larger end of the scale for Australia.

A powerful earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands on Sunday, but the pacific tsunami warning center said a tsunami was not expected.

The U.S.G.S said the 7.1-magnitude quake strikes southwest of the island chain’s Kira Kira Island in the South Pacific. The epicenter was about 130 miles (210 kilometers) close to the southeast of the capital, Honiara. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that the destructive wave is not supposed. There were no immediate reports of damage or wounds.

The Solomon Islands is a country of nearly 1,000 islands that lie on the “Ring of Fire” an arc of earthquake & volcanic zones that extends around the Pacific Rim & where about 90 percent of the world’s quakes occur.

The magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurred at 9:44 a.m. local time 51 kilometers southeast of Mexicali, depending to the U.S. Geological Survey. Mexico’s strongest earthquake in 7 years hit the same area April 7, causing at least 3 deaths in the region.

Mexican officials reported slight damage in the cities of Mexicali & Tijuana following a 5.3- magnitude earthquake today. A woman in Tijuana was wounded when a wall from a neighbor’s house fall down on her leg, & in Mexicali, 1 factory roof fall down & another braked, report said.

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has shock southcentral Alaska, shaking buildings in Anchorage. The Alaska Earthquake Info Center says it received no reports of the quake causing damage.

The temblor was recorded at 8:19 a.m. Wednesday. The epicenter was placed at 35 miles northeast of Anchorage & 20 miles northwest of Palmera. The quake was having 19 miles deep. The West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center says the quake with no tsunami warning.

Another earthquake shocks at central Oklahoma. It is having the magnitude 3.2 & was recorded at 7:42 a.m. Thursday about 2 miles southwest of Jones about 10 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. There have now been 47 earthquakes & aftershocks recorded in Oklahoma this year with 40 of those calculate at least a 2.0 magnitude.

A Magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck Indonesia on Wednesday morning at the northern coast of the island of Sumatra make some damage & no fatalities, sources said. It also creates power break off in more places.

In this quake, 62 people were wounded, but authorities said toll will be increased some time. In this quake struck around 5:15 am local time. It was centered about 60 kilometers southeast of the town of Sinabang on Simeulue Island, which lies 150 kilometers off the west coast of Sumatra’s Aceh area.

The epicenter was placed nearly that existing earthquake of the 8.9 magnitude quake on December 26, 2004 that caused a terrible Indian Ocean tsunami that take the lives of at least 226,000 people in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, & some other locations too.

Observers say the arrests reflect the growing fear among illegal Haitian immigrants in North America since the Jan. 12 damage. Among last 2 & half months, they have caught 115 Haitians trying to cross the border by foot into Vermont & New York, including 8 people over Easter weekend, border authorities said.

They may be tried re-entering the U.S. to take advantage of an 18-month ban on deportations to Haiti, passed by the Obama administration after the earthquake. Lots of were heading to New York City & Miami.

Haitians living in North American were paying among $50 & $100 a month for family at home, but many are now trying to double those amounts, said Villefranche. It’s not clear what will go on to the Haitians arrested at the border.

The magnitude of 7.2 Earthquake strikes in Mexico April 4. It is centered nearly 108 miles east of near Mexicali in a relatively uninhabited area, “said San Diego, as far north as Santa Barbara & as far east as Yuma, & Phoenix, Arizona.

The earthquake was followed by the minimum of 5 aftershocks, the largest being a 5.1 magnitude. Buildings bended in San Diego & LA & Disneyland close the park – but “some people trapped in lifts after, said the Disney Land report.

Buildings shock on the west side of LA & San Fernando Valley. The Coronado Bridge of San Diego Bay was closed for while. There are 2 deaths were reported.

Polanco drove the equipment for the International Committee of the Red Cross 11 hours from a harbor in the Dominican Republic, only to have the Haitian customs agent discover 1 problem later one more with his paperwork. As he remained in the shade of his truck’s cab in this dusty border town, dozens of others were lined up after him.

Haitian Prime Minister said that the border controls are compulsory to catch smuggled goods, & also lift revenues from commercial drivers’ trade in fees. “Some kind of control is needed,” said Bellerive, who put in that delays were to be waiting for. “There is a lot of traffic across a border that was not ready for that.”